SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 5335 Article rating: 3.5 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 59348 Article rating: 3.5 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 56275 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
Business cautiously optimistic on SoNA commitments, but execution will be critical SuperUser Account / Friday, February 7, 2025 0 188 Article rating: No rating President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA), delivered on February 6, has been met with cautious optimism. The Bureau of Economic Research (BER) commended the SoNA’s focus on the Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP), which aims to boost economic growth to over 3% through large-scale infrastructure investment. Read more
Seifsa warns of repercussions of Trump's comments for South African manufacturers SuperUser Account / Friday, February 7, 2025 0 210 Article rating: 5.0 National employer federation the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has expressed concern over recent comments by US President Donald Trump against South Africa and the impact this will have on the metals and engineering sector. “While we will have to get used to the idea that President Trump will continue to use social media and all other channels to give effect to his views and policies, what is undeniable is that, by virtue of the sheer economic size of the US, what is said will have an impact on the metals and engineering sector,” Seifsa warns. Read more
Volkswagen Group Africa announces new models for the year, update on SUV production SuperUser Account / Friday, February 7, 2025 0 203 Article rating: No rating Automaker Volkswagen Group Africa has announced new models to be introduced to the market this year, including a special edition Polo Vivo for its fifteenth anniversary, a new T-Cross, the Golf 8, a seven-seater model called Tayron, a new Transporter and the Vivo Express. The group, during its yearly indaba held at its Kariega plant, in the Eastern Cape, on February 5, also announced the addition of motorcycle company Ducati South Africa to its stable, which will start retailing in the country from May. Read more
Cape Town adopts treated effluent irrigation; offers industry low price to take up supply SuperUser Account / Friday, February 7, 2025 0 193 Article rating: No rating The City of Cape Town is commissioning treated effluent irrigation connections at a number of city recreation and parks facilities in a move it says will likely save between 2.5-million and 3.5-million litres of drinking water a day. Treated effluent is wastewater that has been purified at wastewater treatment works, where contaminants are removed before it is reused for irrigation or industrial purposes. Read more
Medium-Term Development Plan to incorporate 3% growth target SuperUser Account / Friday, February 7, 2025 0 290 Article rating: No rating South Africa’s Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP) for the five-year period to 2029 will incorporate the 3% GDP growth target announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA). In a briefing after the SoNA, Minister in the Presidency for Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa said the MTDP had been thoroughly canvassed among government of national unity (GNU) participants and was scheduled to be approved by Cabinet on February 26. Read more